Landlords Using Shady Algorithm To Raise Rents | Judd Legum | TMR

Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12 p.m. EST on YouTube OR listen via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.FM Live-streamed on June 12, 2024 This story, originally broken by ProPublica a few years ago, of RealPage’s rent-pricing algorithm for landlords, and how the prevalent usage of RealPage in housing markets allows corporate landlords to eschew direct conspiracy yet reap all the benefits of collusion, from raised and fixed rents to artificial market constraints. After unpacking some of the finer elements of RealPage’s “property management” software, we look to the development of multiple major lawsuits against RealPage, including class-action suits in Atlanta and DC, unpacks the evidence that has come through discovery, and tackles the FBI’s recent raid of a corporate landlord’s offices in a major development to a criminal anti-trust case against RealPage, before wrapping up with a brief assessment of landlord liability in a federal criminal case. Judd Legum is the proprietor of the Popular Information newsletter on SubStack https://x.com/JuddLegum https://popular.info/ https://popular.info/p/feds-raid-corporate-landlord-escalating https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm #SamSeder #EmmaVigeland #MajorityReport #politics #news Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.fans.fm/majority/join Find out more about the Princeton hunger strikers & their demands here: https://www.instagram.com/princetondivestnow/ Help out the state of Utah by telling them what you see in public bathrooms here!: https://ut-sao-special-prod.web.app/sex_basis_complaint2.html Check out this GoFundMe in support of Mohammed Nasrallah, whose family is trying to leave Gaza for Egypt: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mohammed-nasserallah-and-family-go-to-egypt Check out this GoFundMe in support of Mohammad Aldaghma’s niece in Gaza, who has Down Syndrome: https://www.gofundme.com/f/yyxhnf-help-me-evacuate-my-family-from-gaza?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=control1&utm_medium=sms&utm_source=customer Check out the “Repair Gaza” campaign courtesy of the Glia Project here: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/rebuild_gaza_help_repair_and_rebuild_the_lives_and_work_of_our_glia_team#!/ Check out StrikeAid here!; https://www.strikeaid.com/ Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://www.fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://www.am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://www.majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://www.shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://www.majority.fm/app CHECK OUT MORE from the MR crew: Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton DISCOURSE https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning OTHER LINKS: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Facebook: http://facebook.com/MajorityReport Twitter: http://twitter.com/MajorityFM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/majorityreport.fm/